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Title Sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries : actors, structure and evolution / edited by Franco Malerba, Sunil Mani
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2009]
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Description viii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries : an introduction / Franco Malerba and Sunil Mani -- 2. Why is the Indian pharmaceutical industry more innovative than its telecommunications equipment industry? : contrasts between the sectoral systems of innovation of the Indian pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries / Sunil Mani -- 3. From innovation projects to knowledge networks : knowledge as contingency in the sectoral organization of innovation / Fernando Perini -- 4. Learning, innovation and public policy : the emergence of the Brazilian pulp and paper industry / Hannes Toivanen and Maria Barbosa Lima-Toivanen -- 5. The software sector in Uruguay : a sectoral systems of innovation perspective / Marjolein Caniels, Effie Kesidou and Henny Romijn -- 6. Sectoral system of innovation in Brazil : reflections about the accumulation of technological capabilities in the aeronautic sector (1990-2002) / Rosane Argou Marques and L. Guilherme de Oliveira -- 7. China's threat and opportunity for the Thai and Vietnamese motorcycle industries : a sectoral innovation system analysis / Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Mai Fujita -- 8. 'Low-tech' industry : a new path for development? : the case of the salmon farming industry in Chile / Michiko Iizuka -- 9. Making a technological catch-up in the capital goods industry : barriers and opportunities in the Korean case / Yoon-Zi Kim and Keum Lee -- 10. From 'nuts and bolts' to 'bits and bytes' : the evolution of Taiwan ICT in a global knowledge-based economy / Ting-Lin Lee -- 11. Prospects for Jatropha biofuels in Tanzania : an analysis with strategic niche management / Janske van Eijck and Henny Romijn
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Industrial efficiency -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
Industrial efficiency -- Developing countries.
Technological innovations -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
Technological innovations -- Developing countries -- Management -- Case studies.
Technological innovations -- Developing countries -- Management.
Technological innovations -- Developing countries.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Malerba, Franco, 1950-
Mani, Sunil.
LC no. 2009930889
ISBN 184844656X (hbk.)
9781848446564 (hbk.)